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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
CR 2700, first of almost 100 U23Bs, sits at Selkirk. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1983 Upload Date: 11/14/2013 1:25:28 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2700(U23B) |
| Views: |
444 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Transfer power |
| Description: |
Conrail ran a transfer job from Selkirk to interchange with D&H. Selkirk was the GE capital of the world on Conrail, and any GE was a possibility. Common power in those days was various U boats inherited from its predecessors, such as this U30B. The U30 would not last much longer-it would be gone in a year or two-but the U23B it was coupled to would last into the 1990's. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1981 Upload Date: 9/14/2012 4:09:32 AM |
| Location: |
Mechanicville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2847(U30B) CR 2703(U23B) |
| Views: |
677 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old U boat on the job |
| Description: |
There were still a number of U boats on the roster in the late 80s-I think the last U23B I saw was about 1992-and occasionally one would get the local job here. WABH 11 working the yard with one heads toward QD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/1988 Upload Date: 9/7/2015 3:37:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2711(U23B) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eat all you want |
| Description: |
Well make more....Binghamton local WABH 11 has its train back together after working Frito Lay, which mostly meant switching in tanks of vegetable oil-and is now heading back to Binghamton behind a U23B. While not the most common unit on this job, they did show up fairly frequently. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 2:55:53 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2711(U23B) |
| Views: |
344 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Scenic route |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west along the Susquehanna at one of the more scenic spots on a line that is well known for its scenic beauty. An added bonus: the trailing unit is a U23B. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 3:44:00 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6779(SD50) CR 6826(SD50) CR 2713(U23B) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Classic Middle Division |
| Description: |
OIIN1X rolls west under the Pennsy position light signals as it heads for Pittsburgh and Indianapolis with 109 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 3:03:15 PM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6819(SD50) CR 2717(U23B) CR 2798(U23B) CR 6326(SD40) |
| Views: |
573 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In from Buffalo |
| Description: |
A trio of SD50s and a U23B arrive at Enola with 132 cars behind them. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/26/2015 4:32:38 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6781(SD50) CR 6779(SD50) CR 6751(SD50) CR 2723(U23B) |
| Views: |
549 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New Market Pond |
| Description: |
There was a park in Piscataway NJ where the brush had been cleared from along the tracks, allowing a good view of the action. We see ALOI and 66 cars passing behind a representative sample of GEs. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1988 Upload Date: 7/8/2015 4:22:09 AM |
| Location: |
Piscataway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5016(B36-7) CR 1962(B23-7) CR 2724(U23B) |
| Views: |
343 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
East out of the sun |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls east along NY 17C at Campville behind a typically varied mix of Conrail power. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1988 Upload Date: 8/31/2015 3:04:52 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6452(SD40-2) CR 6348(SD40) CR 2724(U23B) CR 7923(GP38) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Autos to Selkirk |
| Description: |
An auto rack train rolls through Bear Mountain State Park as it makes its way up the West Shore. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:13:06 AM |
| Location: |
Iona Island, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6438(SD40-2) CR 6396(SD40-2) CR 2727(U23B) CR 8017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Selkirk shop |
| Description: |
In August 1985, Tri State NRHS ran a trip to Selkirk, north via the Hudson Line with a return to Jersey on the West Shore. There was a shop tour at Selkirk, during which I was able to get some photos of the power. Heres a set of U23Bs, still pretty common at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1985 Upload Date: 10/6/2014 2:23:39 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2727(U23B) CR 2766(U23B) CR 2768(U23B) |
| Views: |
360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
U boat and a work train |
| Description: |
There were still a good number of U23Bs around the system at this time, mostly running secondary assignments, such as this work train, though occasionally theyd get some big time action. |
| Photo Date: |
11/26/1988 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 4:56:59 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2729(U23B) |
| Views: |
249 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rail train and U boats |
| Description: |
A pair of U23Bs roll a rail train west at MP 250. The U boats were still about two years from retirement, and could be found on any train. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1990 Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:56:20 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2765(U23B) CR 2729(U23B) |
| Views: |
234 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end helpers |
| Description: |
Sometimes, due to train make up, the helpers were put up front. Typically this happened with Trailvans, but some other trains got them as well. Here we see a TV train on its way uphill. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:34:39 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
716 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound at the curve |
| Description: |
The train with the head end helpers passes the park at Horseshoe. Those were the days-an SD45, ex EL 3620, in the helper set, and an SD35 leading the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:36:19 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6085(SD45) CR 6453(SD40-2) CR 6042(SD35) CR 8144(GP38-2) CR 2732(U23B) CR 3326(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
649 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Smokin off the bridge |
| Description: |
A Maryland bound Potomac Electric coal train smokes it up as it accelerates 91 hoppers off Rockville Bridge behind a set of 4 axle units. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 2:39:33 PM |
| Location: |
Rockville Bridge, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2741(U23B) CR 2808(B23-7) CR 3198(GP40) |
| Views: |
496 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
On the Corridor |
| Description: |
At CR startup, Amtrak got the Corridor, and CR was a tenant. Ultimately, this moved freight off the corridor to a large degree, as Amtrak raised the wheelage rates to a point that was not economical. There was still a fair amount of local traffic, which was served from a variety of yards. This is one of the locals, with a U23B and U30B working south of Newark Penn Station. McCarter Highway is the bridge at left. Note the EL box at right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1980 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:24:30 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2743(U23B) CR 2889(U30B) |
| Views: |
279 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Jersey Division local |
| Description: |
WJNB 77 works a single car at North Bergen yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1987 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:02:19 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2744(U23B) |
| Views: |
278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal train power |
| Description: |
Conrail units mix into a set of power off a Bow coal train sits at Concord NH waiting for the power plant to unload. The other end of this lashup had a pair of Maine Central ex Rock U25B's |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1983 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 1:27:13 AM |
| Location: |
Concord, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8280(GP38-2) CR 3372(GP40-2) CR 8071(GP38-2) CR 2747(U23B) |
| Views: |
681 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bow power |
| Description: |
A pair of Maine Central, ex Rock Island U25Bs are part of the power set that brought a Bow coal train to Concord, seen here laying over til the train is empty. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1983 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 1:53:49 AM |
| Location: |
Concord, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 231(U25B) MEC 232(U25B) BM 316(GP40-2) CR 2747(U23B) CR 8071(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
706 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snow and signals |
| Description: |
A mid April snow squall-yes, we have those in upstate NY-catches a caboose hop passing through the signals at MP 233 on the Tier |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 3:41:52 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2749(U23B) |
| Views: |
483 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Waiting to get in |
| Description: |
A local waits for clearance into Allentown yard at CP Hamm behind a U23B. There were still quite a few U23s in service then. Check out the BAR box cars too. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/6/2014 2:08:20 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown (East Penn Jct), PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2753(U23B) |
| Views: |
466 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound local |
| Description: |
A short train behind a pair of 4 axle units climbs to Gallitzin. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:31:07 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2755(U23B) CR 7732(GP38) |
| Views: |
446 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex EL unit at home |
| Description: |
This CR unit gives away its heritage; for that matter, it has not strayed at all: same paint, same yard. The other units?? From all over. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:25:21 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9324(SW1200) CR 2554(U25B) CR 2958(U33B) CR 2758(U23B) |
| Views: |
701 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Work train on the DLW side |
| Description: |
This work train is coming into Binghamton on the ex DLW main, and will tie up on a siding at the station. The concrete pad in the foreground was where the Erie station stood til 1976. The building behind the train is a classic. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/1989 Upload Date: 11/3/2015 2:16:27 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1920(B23-7) CR 2759(U23B) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rail train |
| Description: |
A rail train behind a pair of U23Bs-still fairly common then-waits to head north on the River Line from North Bergen yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1987 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:05:56 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2761(U23B) CR 2794(U23B) |
| Views: |
373 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rail train |
| Description: |
A rail train is at Binghamton, showing the two types of 2300 HP units on the Conrail roster, a newer B23-7 and a U23B. The U boats still had a couple of years left a this time, and could be found on various MOW trains, as well as some locals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1990 Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:35:48 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1965(B23-7) CR 2765(U23B) |
| Views: |
242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big time |
| Description: |
As noted, sometimes the U 23s would get a main line assignment, such as this XWB empty coal train going west from Johnson City, seen at MP 231 between Campville and Owego. |
| Photo Date: |
11/26/1988 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 4:59:16 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2770(U23B) CR 1946(B23-7) |
| Views: |
386 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Moveable bridge |
| Description: |
North Jersey had a number of moveable bridges over waterways that are no longer navigable, though to look at them, you have to wonder if they ever were. This one is on the ex NYC just north of the North Bergen yard. SEEN poses on the draw which will likely never open again, especially since there is now a road next to it. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1988 Upload Date: 7/8/2015 4:55:36 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6584(C30-7A) CR 2775(U23B) |
| Views: |
111 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Work train |
| Description: |
A work train is waiting out the weekend on the siding at Callicoon. There were still quite a few U23Bs in service at that time, and it was common to see them doing every kind of work. The EL hopper head out is a nice touch. |
| Photo Date: |
12/19/1987 Upload Date: 6/21/2015 3:39:28 AM |
| Location: |
Callicoon, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2776(U23B) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meet |
| Description: |
TV 301 passes the work train in the siding at Callicoon |
| Photo Date: |
12/19/1987 Upload Date: 6/21/2015 3:41:31 AM |
| Location: |
Callicoon, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6269(SD40) CR 6430(SD40-2) CR 2776(U23B) CR 6299(SD40) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
U 23 work train |
| Description: |
A work extra picking up ties is at Owego with a U23B for power. There were still many of these units on the roster, and they served mostly in local and work train service by this time, but could occasionally get out on symbol freights as well. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:06:00 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2780(U23B) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rainy day |
| Description: |
OIBU arrives at Binghamton on a rainy mid December day. In a few more days, there will be a blanket of snow. Ill take the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:40:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6728(C628) CR 6606(C30-7) CR 2780(U23B) |
| Views: |
694 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Middle Division local |
| Description: |
This westbound was on the ex PRR at Tyrone behind a pair of 4 motor units. The weather was awful-rain followed me everywhere-but the power was good. U23's were still a common sight in those days. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 2:29:20 AM |
| Location: |
Tyrone, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1955(B23-7) CR 2789(U23B) |
| Views: |
270 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sort of a meet |
| Description: |
WABH 11 is on the DLW bridge over the Chenango River as BUAB, a grain train for the Port of Albany, crosses the river on the adjacent Erie bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1990 Upload Date: 1/30/2016 3:55:47 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5660(SD40-2) CP 5692(SD40-2) CP 5697(SD40-2) CP 5689(SD40-2) CR 2792(U23B) |
| Views: |
852 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DLW bridge |
| Description: |
WABH 11 with a U23B rolls across the ex DLW Chenango River bridge with cars from the Vestal Spur. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:21:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2792(U23B) |
| Views: |
221 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meet on the bridge |
| Description: |
In a scene unlikely to be repeated anywhere else, CP train BUAB crosses the Chenango River late in the day on the ex Erie bridge, while CR local WABH 11 works on the ex DLW bridge with a U23B. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1991 Upload Date: 9/19/2012 7:05:19 PM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CP 5660(SD40-2) CP 5692(SD40-2) CP 5697(SD40-2) CP 5689(SD40-2) CR 2792(U23B) |
| Views: |
1083 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pastoral scene |
| Description: |
WAEL39 rolls east with 26 cars past a Waverly barn. The consist is notable as well, with a Mopac box, Soo hopper, and what appears to be an Ann Arbor 60 foot double door box. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1990 Upload Date: 1/19/2016 3:12:40 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2794(U23B) CR 2794(U23B) |
| Views: |
236 Comments: 2 |
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